The St. Johns herald., 1887-06-16

itary Commission, on the 25th ult.
 trom the HuVf and Horn
 i lEt. Whenever it shall come to the
 knuwle,lge of any member of the i Live Stock Sanitary Commission of i tho Territory of Arizona. or to the
 knowledge of any other :rson or
 persons, that there exists any con
 tagious, infectious or communicable
 disease among tue domestic animals
 in any part of the Territory. and 1t 1 is believed there is danger of such
 disease spreading to other parts of
 tic Territory. he or they shall at
 once communicate by letter or in
 person with C. NJ. Bruce, Benson,
 \. T., the Chairman of said Com
 mission, who shall immediately di-
 rect the Territorial Veterinary Sur
 geon 10 make an investigation as to the existence of said disease.
 2d. Said Veterinary Surgeon shall
 at once proceed to the locality where said disease is believed to exist and
 make an examination of the ami
 malls said to be affected with dis ease, and report the result of such xamination to the Chairman of said Commission, who shall at once call a meeting of the Commission and cause said report to be submit ted 10 the remaining members off the Commission for their consider ation.
 3d. Should the said Veterinary Surgeon on such investigation find that q contagious, infections or communicable disease exists among the animals examined, and e>pe- cially any disease of q malignant choracter, he shall direct the tenn porary quarantine of said animals, and the herds among which they are, and adopt such sanitary meas ures as may be necessary to pre- vent the spread of the disease and r,p1rt his action, as hereinbefore provided, to the Commission. He shall further notify in writing the owner or owners, or the custodians 1 of such animal or animals, of the existence of the contagious disease, and that said animal or animals i have been placed in quarantine, and warn him from moving said animal | or animals under penalty of section Is of the Act hereinbcfore referred 1 to.
 4th. When the said Live Stock Sanitary Commission is satisfied of the existence of any contagious disease among the domestic ani- mals of any part of the Territory: | and that there is danger of said disease spreading to other portions of the territory, it shall notify the Governor thereof: who will quaran- tine such locality as provided by | law. Such quarantine shall be for the period of not less than ninety | days of all diseased animals, and all animals that have come in con- tact with diseased animals or have been on premises or i'll buildings, l on or in which diseased animals | have been exposed to disease, and s1 h quarantine shall be governed l by such other sanitary regulations as the Cxigencies of the case may i re ,uire. The Territorial Veterinary Surgeon, under the direction of the Commission, shall cause to be dis infected in such manner as he deems best, all sheds, corrals, barns, yards and buildings in which dis eased animals have been, and until such premises and building have been so disinfected and declared free from contagion by certificate in writing signed by the Territorial Veterinary Surgeon, no animal or animals shall be permitted to go upon or into said premises and buildings. Should, however, any animal or animals be put upon said premises or into said buildings in violation of this rule and regulation, then such animal or animals shall be placed in quarantine fora period of not less than ninety days, and |